Undoubtedly 2016 has been a fantastic year and we should consider ourselves fortunate that the mortgage market has remained strong despite everything that has been going on around us. However, with all the technological changes, our business and our mortgage…
Mortgage and protection advisers should not really need further incentives from the lenders to encourage mortgage borrowers to take out protection. Likewise, I would question how appropriate it is for lenders to be offering better deals or more favourable rates to…
It's a happy Christmas from Finance Planning Mortgages as we are now one of a few mortgages brokers to be able to offer Tesco Mortgages. Dan Maskell made the announcement yesterday following the announcement."We are delighted to be chosen to…
This week has been rather interesting for me as we have gone from been happy in our house to deciding to move. I could stop there but we actually took the spontaneous plunge of getting valuations and subsequently put our house…
This month we are delighted to have introduced two new lenders to our panel. However, this wasn't as easy I just made it sound, I can think of two people who have had to complete a mountain of paperwork in…
Average rates across all fixed mortgage terms have fallen since the start of the year. According to research from data provider, Moneyfacts.co.uk the average two-year fixed rate has reduced the most, falling by 0.24% since January this year to 2.52%.…
A positive message from our CEO, it’s business as usual and our doors are open to help you with your new mortgage. "In light of the Thursday’s Referendum result, there will be a lot of uncertainty about in the financial…
Lending from parents to help their children get on the UK property ladder will amount to £5bn in 2016, according to data from Legal & General (L&G). L&G says it means the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad will help…
The flurry of buy-to-let activity before the stamp duty deadline helped to push annual returns for landlords up 12.2% in March, according to new data. Your Move and Reeds Rains said this is up from February’s figure of 10.7% and…
Despite the current uncertainty in the UK housing market over a possible Brexit, home owners are confident their property values will rise over the next six months, new data has revealed. According to the latest Zoopla Housing Market Sentiment Survey,…
